Holly Madison is an American model, showgirl, and television personality. Her real name is Holly Sue Cullen. She was born on Dec. 23, 1979.

She is widely known for being one of Hugh Hefner's girlfriends on the reality television series The Girls Next Door and for her own reality series, Holly's World.

Although not a Playboy Playmate, she has appeared in nude pictorials with her Girls Next Door costars, Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson. In 2009, she appeared as a contestant on the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars.

Holly Madison is also well-known for starring in the successful reality television series, Holly's World (2009) and The Girls Next Door (2005).

She has enjoyed a diverse career in entertainment and considers this just the beginning. The former theater and psychology major has also made guest appearances on iconic television shows, such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), Curb Your Enthusiasm (1999), Entourage (2004), General Hospital (1963) and movies such as Scary Movie 4 (2006) and The House Bunny (2008).

Not long after competing on the eighth season of ABC's Dancing with the Stars (2005), Holly was selected as the lead in a new Broadway-meets-burlesque Las Vegas spectacular, "Peepshow", conceived by Tony Award winner Jerry Mitchell.

While starring in the show, Madison became the face of the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, first appearing in their summer ad campaign of 2009. Throughout her nearly four-year run in "Peepshow" (2009-2012), Holly not only played the title character "Bo Peep" but eventually took on the singing role of "Goldie Locks" in the storybook-themed production.

Also beginning in 2009, not long after her departure from a five-season run on E!'s #1 rated The Girls Next Door (2005), Holly began her new life as a single career-driven woman who starred in, as well as co-produced, the spin-off series, Holly's World (2009), which ran on E! for two highly-rated seasons.

In 2010, Holly wrote "The Showgirl Next Door: Holly Madison's Las Vegas", a travel guide, which included the history of Las Vegas and the history of the Las Vegas showgirl.

Following a few guest correspondent assignments on E!'s "Live from the Red Carpet" Pre-Shows, Holly was became the Las Vegas correspondent for the entertainment news program, Extra (1994).

Holly has enjoyed several successful endorsements with partners such as AMI Clubwear, As Seen on TV, Movietickets.com, NV supplements and more.

In 2012, Madison launched her highly-anticipated pet product line, "Lucky Pet Products". The line includes toys, treats, and accessories and donates a significant portion of the proceeds to her favorite Las Vegas-based charity, "The Animal Foundation", where she adopted one of her three rescue dogs, "Louis", and one of her two ferrets, "Nancy".

Holly welcomed her first child, Rainbow Aurora Rotella, with fiancé Pasquale Rotella, on March 5, 2013. E! filmed a one-hour Mother's Day special, titled Holly Has a Baby (2013), which allowed viewers to follow Holly to the hospital for the big event, which aired on Mother's Day 2013.